Quotes About Wisdom

Let us see but a little at a time and see that little plainly; that is the way to acquire substantial and lasting knowledge.

And faith, which is but hope grown wise, and love And patience, which at last shall overcome." Lowell.

Now and again when a book moved her, when a book opened a previously undiscovered window in her mind and forever altered her perception of the world, she would add it to those secret ranks.

Now and again when a book moved her, when a book opened a previously undiscovered window in her mind and forever altered her perception of the world, she would add it to those secret ranks. Once in

Do not judge and you will never be mistaken.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Truth is in all things, even partly, in error.

quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem...Skye was used to hearing this phrase, which Mr. Penderwick translated loosely as look before you leap and please don't do anything crazy.

Aunt Claire, may I ask you a question?" "Ask away, young Jedi.

quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem.

Death doesn't frighten me now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn't understand how much there was to know.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

It says the American people are full of goodness and wisdom, and you just have to be paying attention. And sometimes that's hard to do when you're inside this bubble, but this was a little portal through which I could remind myself of that every day. The letters are beautiful, aren't they? -Obama

To me age is a number, just a number. Who cares?

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.

If you're extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows.